Universal #158
Legacy number: 158
| Number | 158 |
| Original | If an adposition occurs as both dative marker and locative marker, it also occurs as allative marker. |
| Standardized | IF an adposition occurs as both a dative marker and a locative marker, THEN it also occurs as an allative marker. |
| Keywords | adposition, dative, locative, allative |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Blansitt 1988 |
| Source | Blansitt 1988 186 (v) |
Discussion
Notes
Presumably, this reflects a sequence of grammaticalizations: A locative is first grammaticalized as allative, then as dative.
Comment
Presumably, this reflects a sequence of grammaticalizations: A locative is first grammaticalized as allative, then as dative.
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